THE OOLOGIST. 



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EXCHANGE EXTRAORDINARY. 



THIS OFFER EXPIRES ON JULY IB, 1801. 



I want at once the following first-class egg's, either in singles or in sets, in exchange at 1890 

 prices, or if in sets. I will allow 10 per cent, above these prices, in exchange for the articles men- 

 tioned below. Eggs taken in large or small quantities. No exchange amounting to less than 

 $1.00 can be "bothered with" unless 10 cents additional is enclosed for return postage and pack- 

 ing. If you have any of the rarer species to offer send lists. Species wanted, Ridgway's Nos. : 



2. 4, 26, 27. 41, 42. 47, 50, 51, 56. 68, 99, 128; any of the rarer Warblers, 157. 168, 193a, 191, 198, 198a, 

 214 217, 216. 248. 251, 257, 2(50, 271, 277, 278, 278b, 293, 315, 301, 320, 326; any of the Hummingbirds, 353, 

 &54 357, 361. 382, 385, 387. 388; any of the Owls. Hawks, Eagles or Vultures. 459. 465. 473. 482, 483; 

 any of the Herons, 497, 498, 501, 505, 507. 516, 520. 525. 552, 555, 557. 569, 571, 572, 574, 578, 582, 583, 601, 

 609, 613, 618, 634, 640; any of the Cormorants, 649, 650, 664, 666a, 668, 673. 679, 681, 686, 687, 688, 690, 693, 

 721, 723, 729, 736, 760, 761, 763a, 522. 



We will accept any species not mentioned above at one-half 1890 prices. 



In return for the above, I will give any of the following articles, specimens or supplies at the 

 prices quoted. 



SUPPLIES. 



Brass Blowpipe $ .25 



Imperfect Blowpipe 10 



No. 1, 8-100 Egg Drill 08 



•' 2, 12-100 " " 12 



" 3, 15-100 " '• 15 



" 4, 18-100 " " 18 



" 5,21-100 " " 20 



Nickel - plated 4V 2 in. Embryo Hook 30 



100 Exchange and Return Ex. Sheets 80 



" Order Sheets... 45 



'• Billheads 45 



" Data Blanks, assorted 40 



" Labels, No. 11 20 



•' Taxidermist's Labels 25 



Oologist's Hand-book. 1885 15 



Hand-book on Insect Collecting 15 



17 Back Numbers Oologist 75 



OOLOGIST (no prem.) from date to Jan. '91 .50 



" with " for one year 1.00 



Cai'd for one Ex. Notice in the Oologist. .35 

 A few Incomplete Copies of Maynard's 

 '•Birds of Eastern North America," newly 

 bound in boards and leather, (Publisher's 

 cash price $18.00) 15.00 



SPECIMENS. 



Club-spined Urchin, very fine $ .50 



Egg Case of Periwinkle - 25 



Lucky Tooth of Codfish 25 



Starfish, Martha's Vineyard, fine 25 



Pod of Sabre Bean, very curious 35 



Rajah or Beetle Nut 15 



Brown-banded Saa Bean 10 



Red Sea Bean 03 



Gray Sea Bean 03 



Trilobite {Calymene Niagraensis) .25 



Scaphites,from Bl'ck Hills, choice, desirable .30 



Resurrection Plant 15 



Barnacle, Pacific, choice double specimens .25 



Polished Agate, pendant 25 



Indian Pottery, fine specimen 25 



Sea Pan, 6 in., extra fine 35 



Alligator Tooth, fine 25 



100 Foreign Stamps, all different 30 



A Desirable Flat Sea Urchin from Zebu 



Channel, Phillipines 25 



Sea Horse, very fine 50 



Fossil Polyp Coral 25 



Fossil Sea Urchin 25 



10 Wild Potatoes..... .25 



Egg of Skate 12 



" " Shark : 25 



" " Hammerhead or Leopard Shark 25 



King or Horse-foot Crab 35 



NOVELTIES. 



Little Brown Jug $ .05 



Collectors' Puzzle Whistle 15 



Bird Warbler 10 



Catapult Gun, iron frame 35 



Box Pharaoh's Serpent Eggs 15 



25 Best Assorted Fish Hooks .20 



Joker's Photo. Camera 25 



"O. K." Parer and Slicer 25 



Fountain Pen (every collector should carry 



one in his pocket) .35 



Students' Outfit (Pen, Penholder, Lead and 

 Slate Pencils, and 6-in. Rule) 15 



BIRDS' EGGS. 



Black-throated Sparrow $ . 



Texan Cardinal 



Dwarf Cowbird 



Limpkin, extra fine, 2nd-class 1. 



Barrow's Golden-Eye 1. 



Noddy Tern, set of one, with data 



Sooty " ' 



American Eared Grebe 



Franklin's Gull , 



American Scoter 2, 



Sennet's Thrasher (13a) , 



American Scaup Duck 



White-winged Dove 



' ; " " y 2 , with data 1 



Arkansas Goldfinch 



Velvet Scoter = 1 



Tufted Titmouse 



Carolina Wren , 



FOREIGN EGGS. 



Bul-bul. from Phillipines $1.00 



Black-headed Weaverfineh 50 



European Blackbird 15- 



Song Thrush = 15 



Ruddy Sheldrake : 50- 



Med. Black-headed Gull 35- 



Barbary Partridge « ■. 25- 



5>3P~ Continued on next page. " 



If you desire to obtain anything on the above 

 list in exchange, send on your eggs at once. If 

 you have no eggs, but have other desirable 

 specimens in quantity, write what you have, 

 with price ; or will exchange for collections of 

 fine Postage Stamps or second-hand Books on 

 Natural History, or choice Indian Relics. 



Only first-class Specimens accepted at any 

 price, all others returned at sender's expense. 



We will receive hundreds of packages in an- 

 swer to this exchange and if you do not write 

 your name plainly on the outside of the pack- 

 ages you send, your exchange will be delayed 

 and packages possibly lost. 



This offer will hold good until July 15th only. 



Send on your specimens at once in large or 

 small quantities, it makes no difference to its 

 whether you send $1.00 or $100.00 worth, but if 

 less than $1.00 worth, 10 cents extra must be en- 

 closed for return postage and packing. 



Large quantities shipped by express or 

 freight, must be prepaid. Address, 



FRANK H. LATTIN, 



AEBION, N. Y. 



